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Session A Resource Persons:
Session B Resource Person:
Mr. Ed Sarpolus
Vice President
EPIC/MRA
4710 W. Saginaw
Lansing, MI
(517) 886-0860
Ed Sarpolus has played a major role in
making EPIC/MRA the most quoted source of survey research in Michigan, as well
as a regularly quoted source by national media outlets and publications,
particularly on issues of international trade. Major clients include the
Detroit Free Press with more than 600,000 daily readers, the Lansing State
Journal, Oakland Press, the Flint Journal, as well as most television news
outlets in Michigan, including WXYZ- ABC TV-7 in Detroit, ABC TV-12 in Flint,
WOOD TV-8 in Grand Rapids, TV-5 in Saginaw, WLNS TV-6 in Lansing and WILX
TV-10, also in Lansing. Election day exit polling conducted by EPIC/MRA is not
only covered by print media clients, but television coverage of election day
survey results covers more than three quarters of Michigan's viewing audience.
Other EPIC/MRA research on major topics of public interest, as well as
election polling results, are regularly covered not only by Michigan media
outlets, but also by national outlets. Sarpolus has appeared as a commentator
on PBS, CNN World News, Inside Politics-CNN, MSNBC, Nightline, ABC and NBC
News. Sarpolus has also been regularly interviewed by Michigan radio stations
and NPR, quoted in most major national publications including Time, U.S. News
and World Report, Business Week, the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston
Globe and the National Journal. EPIC/MRA research results and commentary by
Sarpolus has also been a regular contributor to the Polling Report, The
Hotline, and Congress Daily. Finally, because of his extensive experience on
trade issues, Sarpolus has been a featured speaker for groups such as the
Council on Foreign Relations and Consumers for World Trade.
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